Another Birthday!

My oldest is now 7! Can anyone believe it? I surely can't. It seems like not that long ago that he was born. What a blessing his is in our lives. He is such a big helper to his younger siblings. He enjoys first grade and likes to color. He is also doing really well reading. He is reading books in the Magic Tree House series and it's fun to see him excited about reading and books.

He asked for an ice cream cake with oreo ice cream. So, it's a 9x13 chocolate cake with a layer of oreo ice cream in the middle. It is also topped with cool whip. It was YUMMY!!! Here are some of the pictures from his birthday.










He probably won't be happy with this picture, but the cake was good enough to lick the plate. That says something, right?

Birthday Time!

I realized that I never posted on my Hubby's Birthday. Also, looking at pictures, I realized that I never got a picture of his cake. He asked for a poke cake, so that's what he got. Lemon cake with Cherry jello poke and cool whip for frosting. It tasted really good. :)

Here are some pictures of the event:

Spring Break!!

Last week was Spring Break. We had a busy/fun/big week. We put in an offer and got it accepted on a house to be built for us. It'll be built just west of here, so not too far away and Mike will probably add another 5 min or so onto his commute. :)

Here are some pictures of the lot and a copy of the plan.



At the back of the property is a stream with a walking trail that will be city maintained.

Here's a floor plan, not sure how well you can see it, but.....


We also got to go to Trafalga in Lehi. I think everyone had a good time. Here are some pics of that...








We also got to spend some time at the park

Ben

Here are pictures from when Ben got the citizenship award in his class.




The first grade class put on a Honesty program. Ben played a part as Abraham Lincoln and had a line to say. Here are some pictures and a video with him saying his part.






The video didn't work. I'll try to add it later.

My Birthday!

The next pictures I have are from my b-day... I have to show you the cake. My new favorite kind to make are ice cream cakes. I did strawberry swirl ice cream with a chocolate cake.

The best gift was to go to the temple with Mike in the afternoon! It was great. I won't tell you how long it had been since we went, but it was well needed and so worth while. :)

It's fun to turn another year older when it doesn't matter :)
Thank you family!

Jacob's Birthday!

HapPy BirThdAy JacOb!

He made it to 2 (back in Feb, we're slow posting)! He is such a cute little boy and we had fun on his day. Here are some pictures of the event.

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Curious about..... My son needed a prescription and with insurance right now we have a pretty high deductable so it cost us $40 to fill it. The thing I really don't understand is that this morning I gave him the last of the dosage, but I still have at least 3 days left of medicine.

So, I spend $40 for a prescription that I don't even use all of?? I don't understand why? If you are in pharmacy or know something about this, please tell me what's going on. Is the medicine really that expensive to make, then why do you give me more than I need. If not, I think someone is making good $ from all of us that get more medicine than we need.

As a side note....how do you tell someone that they should finish the prescription, but yet they have more than we need to take? Just looking at these 2 bottles that I now need to throw away, sure makes me wonder what we are teaching ourselves and others to do.

Sorry, I just wish I understood what we really are supposed to do. I will throw out these bottles, but I can't help but wonder if my son should actually be finishing it off.....